This discovery may enable scientists to engineer crop plants that more efficiently harness the energy of the Sun

“Whether or not beaver dams are beneficial to trout and salmon has been hotly debated,” says ecologist 

Rutgers and Harvard scientists lay out strategy for investigating societal consequences

Thomas Nosker created the synthetic lumber—made from recycled plastic bottles, coffee cups and other plastics—used in bridges, railway ties, docks and picnic tables

In a series of studies published in a special issue of the journal Water Research, leading scientists assess how to control phosphorus pollution in lakes

The study made use of two large-scale droughts occurring just five years apart, in 2005 and 2010

Floodwaters return to the Colorado River but can release greenhouse gases

Starbons, made from waste biomass including food peelings and seaweed, were discovered and first reported ten years ago

Kyoto University study reveals quake fault secrets, implications for early warning

Because the concentration of scents changes drastically in air polluted environments, this could impact important interactions between plants and insects

The Atmospheric Tomography, or ATom, mission is the first to survey the atmosphere over the oceans

Robotics can be competitive with human labor in some cases already, and falling costs over the next decade will open up more applications, says Lux Research